…angers of these bills to disabled people who require assistance to eat. Non-Discrimination in Healthcare: NDY worked with DREDF and others on communications with the federal HHS Office for Civil Rights to advocate for improved policies on non-discrimination in organ transplant eligibility, futility and suicide prevention. NDY also filed two formal public comments during the reporting period: NDY Public Comment On Federal Healthcare Interim Final R…
…AIL is the New York Association on Independent Living, a statewide, not-for-profit membership association created by and composed of Independent Living Centers across New York State. I was honored to receive NYAIL’s 2021 David Veatch Advocacy Achievement Award on September 29th. Below are my words of gratitude spoken at their virtual conference. Diane Coleman’s NYAIL Award Remarks Diane Coleman – white woman with breathing mask & red sweater It’s…
…Y comment on Section 14 (c) NPRM(11/12/21) Submitted public comment for CMS-3409-NC re organ transplant discrimination (1/31/22) Submitted CDC Opioid Guideline Comment (4/11/22) NDY also signed onto 15 policy letters and position statements initiated by other organizations during the reporting year. Conference, Workshop & Other Training Presentations: Not Dead Yet provided 14 video training presentations, workshops, university guest lectures and w…
…Y comment on Section 14 (c) NPRM(11/12/21) Submitted public comment for CMS-3409-NC re organ transplant discrimination (1/31/22) Submitted CDC Opioid Guideline Comment (4/11/22) NDY also signed onto 15 policy letters and position statements initiated by other organizations during the reporting year. Conference, Workshop & Other Training Presentations: Not Dead Yet provided 14 video training presentations, workshops, university guest lectures and w…
…receive adequate pain treatment. 16 Racial Disparities: Michael Hickson 46-year-old Morehouse grad, with wife Melissa and 5 teenage children. 2015 cardiac arrest, hypoxic episode and brain injury, quadriplegic. Contacts Covid-19, transferred to hospital on June 3, 2020. Melissa had lost guardianship of Michael because she had insisted that he needed a specialized rehab facility. Custody given to outside agency. Doctor told Melissa that Michael ha…
